TampaCCRN

Hello Nurses, I am a CCU nurse visiting your forum in seek of advice. My aunt was found down in her home. They brought her to the ER, and scanned her. She has a 3 x 6.6 cm hematoma in the left basal gangia that streches superior. They repeated the CT and it showed that there is no more bleeding and the swelling has gone down. There was no need for a drain, because there was no fluid build up and the brain has room at the present time. Clinically she is decerebrate to stimuli. However, after turning off the Diprivan for an hour, she did, weakly open her eyes to my mother's voice. As a CCU nurse, I am not very optomistic, however I do know there have been those "miracle" incidences. I need help to decide how long I should give her to recover whatever there may be left without going overboard. Should I feed her? Should I pull the vent? I truly know that I don't want her to live as a vegetable for the rest of her life, but I do want to give her proper time to prove herself. I would like to know, your experiences with patients of this matter to help me guide my decisions for my aunt.

Everyone seems to get very upset when prospective CRNA student inquire about the profession when they are not part of the healthcare field already. I understand that people should become a CRNA for the love of nursing and not the dollar signs at the end of the road. However, being a prospective CRNA student myself, I think the schooling is enough weeding out itself. If you don't love nursing, I don't think you could survive nursing school and working in the unit for a year and be happy at the same time. Other professions such as pharmacy, you may be able to slide through the didactic, but nursing is totally different. On a lighter note, I've finished my BSN, I transferred to the unit from the trauma center of four years and now I just need to focus on my chemistries and GRE... Wish me luck!!!

I'm preparing for the CEN. Any advice of which reference book to purchase?

I'm planning to start studying for the CCRN exam. Any advice which book is the best to purchase?

Thanks guys, it's funny, I am also interviewing for ccu next week on my path to crna...

I'm interested in CRNA however, one concern holding me back is the relocation. I live in Tampa Florida and have a 9 week old baby. My husband has a very stable job that would be a waste to quit and relocate for. I understand the Barry requires one semester in class and the rest is in the clinical areas. I was under the impression the you could choose where you want to go (ie I would choose tampa so I would only have to be away from my family for one semester). Is there a choice or do they assign you to a place? Please let me know if I have been misinformed.

i'm so glad to hear that I am not the only one in this dilemma!! I wanted to apply CRNA school in 2005, but I post poned because I got pregnant. My son is 9 weeks and I wonder if I should or can continue. I work in the ER so I still need to get one year of critical care in. I thought this would also be a good time for me to do my GRE. I constantly think twice because the schools for me in Florida are 4 hours away. They require oncampus for the first semester, but then there are clinicals in my area. How can I be away from my family for four months!! I would miss four months of my son's growing years at age two. My husband cannot relocate because he has a very stable engineering job in Clearwater. Any advice??

Hope I haven't annoyed anyone yet, but I just need to figure out if this goal I have as a CRNA is going to be realistic for me to achieve. Where I live in Tampa, I have to relocate for school. They are all about 4 hours away, I would have to leave my husband behind for a little because he cannot relocate for 27 months. Thank god I don't have kids yet. I'll probably have to get an apartment or a cheap house if I do persue my dream, but what about these clinicals? Are they usually hospitals around the school area or are they all over the state that you can choose from? What has everyone else done, if you do not live close to your CRNA program area and have a family? Picking up and moving my whole family is not an option. PS. I READ THIS SITE ALL THE TIME AND I HAVE LEARNED SOOOOOOOO MUCH. YOU GUYS ARE REALLY GREAT AND VERY WILLING TO HELP OTHERS PREPARE!

I will finish with my BSN and all other prereqs for school Fall of 2004. I understand that the school I am interested in takes applications in November to be considered for the following August CRNA program. My question is, how do you feel about submitting an application November 2004 with my impending BSN? Or do I have to wait until November 2005 to apply and start in 2006? That's seems like a lot of extra hang out time! Any input is appreciated:cool:

I think I'm getting the understanding of how time consuming CRNA school is going to be. Maybe some of the women can answer this question for me. I am 23 and RN and married. By the time I finish my BSN and chem requirements I will be 25 and (hopefully) accepted and finish CRNA school at about 28 years old. WHAT ABOUT HAVING KIDS? I know that you should not plan to attend if you are starting a family. But you know the time is ticking for some people!! In those two and a half years, what happens if you do get pregnant? Do you drop everything and have to start all over. Or do they let you start up again where you left off?

I am an RN working on my BSN. I have 2 years of ER/Trauma experience. I'm thinking about starting some ICU experience next year. I am looking into a job in the CICU (cardiac). Is this a good choice? or should I be looking in the main ICU. Can someone please clarify for me the best area to work so I can be better prepared for CRNA school.

All assaults that come through our ER get reported to the police. Usually our registration people go ahead and do that as part of registering the patient.